Pulse wave analysis and pulse wave velocity - A review of blood pressure interpretation 100 years after Korotkov

Circulation Journal

Volumn 70, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1231-1239

  Hirata, Kozo ^a   Kawakami, Masanobu ^a   O'Rourke, Michael F ^b  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arterial stiffness; Central blood pressure measurement; Wave reflection

Indexed keywords

ASCENDING AORTA; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CAROTID ARTERY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; PULSE WAVE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

AORTA; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIASTOLE; HUMANS; PULSATILE FLOW; PULSE; SYSTOLE;

EID: 33749026111     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.70.1231     Document Type: Review

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